Mike Blair Signed Scotland Rugby Match Shirt

Mike Blair Signed Scotland Match Shirt, signed by Mike Blair in person.   It is shown unframed but can be framed included in the price to the buyers bespoke requirements. It also comes with our  lifetime guarantee and Coa. It is a originsal shirt issued from the SFU to the players. It was issued to Mike Blair for the game against England on the 13 March 2011. He was a substitute in that game and was the 958th player selected for Scotland on that day.   Supplied with our lifetime guarantee and Coa.

Mike Blair Biography

Michael Robert Leighton Blair  was born 20 April 1981 and is a former Scottish rugby  professional player and the most capped Scottish scrum half in history. He is currently assistant coach of the Kobe Steelers. He was previously the head coach of Edinburgh, and also was an assistant coach with Glasgow Warriors and then an assistant coach of the Scottish national team. He played at scrum-half for Glasgow Warriors, Newcastle Falcons, CA Brive and Edinburgh Rugby.

He represented the Scotland national side 85 times, as well as the touring with the British & Irish Lions in 2009. He retired from playing on 21 April 2016 aged 35. He was the first Scottish player to be nominated for the title of IRB World Player of the Year.

His international debut came on 15 June 2002 against Canada and scored his first try for his country in the same game. He was a member of Scotland's 2003, 2007 and 2011 World Cup squads.

He was made captain of his country for the first time against Ireland in the 2008 Six Nations Championship and for the next 12 consecutive games. At the 2008 Six Nations, he captained his squad to a 15–9 victory over England at Murrayfield to win the 2008 Calcutta Cup. He captained the national side 14 times in total.

He made his 50th appearance against Argentina in 2008, the 2nd test. Having been left out of the original Lions touring squad to South Africa in 2009, Blair was called up as a replacement for the injured Tomás O'Leary on 11 May, starting against The Presidents XV and the Southern Kings and coming off the bench against the Sharks.

He was included in Scotland's 2011 Rugby World Cup Squad. He scored the first try in the team's first match against Romania on 10 September,  in a 34–24 victory. He started against England later in the tournament winning his 75th cap.

He earned his final cap before retirement against South Africa in November 2012, earning his 85th cap for his country. He is Scotland's most capped scrum-half of all time currently.

This item is a rare and much sought after Rugby Memorabilia item. a once in a life time opportunity to own a Scotland player match shirt signed by the player. A unique and rare Mike Blair signed  Scotland match shirt.

 100% genuine and comes with our lifetime guarantee and Coa.

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